you’re damned if you do; you’re damned if you don’t. Try too hard, and you’re disgusting; don’t try at all, and you’re invisible. - Anne Helen Petersen

Most of us would rather read a book than stare at our phones, but we’re so tired that mindless scrolling is all we have energy to do.

Just because inequality is not as dire does not mean that it is not felt.

Life at a flexible company might be unstable, with ever-shifting demands, goals, and expectations for future pay and benefits. But successful workers were the ones who could roll with it: make themselves flexible and remain mostly upbeat. The impetus wasn’t on the company to provide stability but on the workers to amend their attitudes toward the absence of it.